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The Dan Bongino Show
Thomas Sowell's book on inequality was discussed; the speakers felt Pope Francis should focus on lifestyle choices affecting inequality, rather than solely on capitalism.
He explains what the real source of inequality is.
— Episode: Is Pope Francis A Socialist? (Ep 1696)
Episode: Is Pope Francis A Socialist? (Ep 1696)
Thomas Sowell's book on inequality was discussed; the speakers felt Pope Francis should focus on lifestyle choices affecting inequality, rather than solely on capitalism.
He explains what the real source of inequality is.
I don't think it's the marriage as such or the library cards as such. I think it's that there are lifestyle choices that have been made.
And the comparison I made was between if you look at the poverty rate among blacks, it was a 22 percent and among whites was 11 percent. But among black married couples, it was 7.5 percent.
So it's not so they not only do better than blacks as a whole, they do better than whites as a whole. And so it's so it's lifestyle choices.
And these are not kids who are skimming the crown cream. They're kids chosen by lottery. They don't even test them for ability. They don't even look at their academic records. They take them into the schools and they have hard work and they make it clear at the outset and they don't tolerate a lot of nonsensical behavior. And these kids are doing incredibly.
